Object details
Object number
10.c.2.8
Creator(s)
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Eben Francis Thompson
(Worcester, 1859 - 1939, Worcester)
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translator
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Omar Khayyam
(Nishabur, Persia, 1048 - 1131, Nishabur, Persia)
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author
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Edward FitzGerald
(Bredfield, England, 1809 - 1883, Merton, England)
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translator
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Commonwealth Press
(active Worcester, Massachusetts, 1911 - 1989)
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printer
Title
Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyām : with a Persian text, a transliteration and a close prose and verse translation
Date
1907
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
English
Publication Place
Worcester, Massachusetts
Binding Description
quarter bound in light gray textile; bound in gray paper; gilt stamped lettering
Description
xiii, 148 p., [1] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 25 cm [HathiTrust rec. #010823671)
Dimensions
24.8 x 17.1 x 1.9 cm (9 3/4 x 6 3/4 x 3/4 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed in black ink (on front end paper): To / Mrs Gardner / with best wishes of / the Editor, / Worcester Massachusetts / 10 April 1918
Inscribed in black ink (on frontispiece tissue): your sincere Friend / Johnson Fitzgerald
Printed on self-adhesive printed label (on back end paper): Fitz / Gerald's / Omar / Khayyam / with / Persian / Text / Thompson
Illustrated with an engraving by S.A. Kinsley
Provenance
Gift from translator Eben Francis Thompson (1859-1939) to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 10 April 1918.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Gallery
Blue Room
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